Supreme Court of India

Daljit Singh v. State of Haryana & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 117
Bench C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 1 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Section 174A IPC is an independent, substantive offence, that can continue even if the proclamation under Section 82, Cr.P.C. is extinguished.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the order passed by the High Court refusing to quash the complaint, summoning order and order declaring the appellant a proclaimed offender passed by the Magistrate; whether the proclaimed offender status, under the provisions of the Cr.P. ., of an accused can subsist if such accused stands acquitted during trial in connection to the very same offence; and whether the subsistence of the proclamation u/s.82 Cr.P. . necessary for the authorities to proceed against accused against whom such proclamation issued, u/s.174A IPC. Headnotes† Code of

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